Picture book by Laurie Keller. Henry Holt and Company: New York, 2000. Join the 32 grown-up teeth for a day at Tooth School. With humor and cartoon asides, readers learn about the parts of a tooth, the importance of baby teeth, different types of teeth and their uses, and the basics of oral health. […]
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Picture book by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman. Margaret K. McElderry Books: New York, 2011. Bear has a loose tooth, but he is frightened about what will happen when it comes out. Will he be able to eat? Will a new one grow in? His friends reassure him, and they all try
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Picture book written and illustrated by Tyler Clark Burke. Random House: New York, 2020. Lou the tooth doesn’t want to leave the comfort of his mouth home. Slowly other teeth all around him disappear, replaced by boring adult teeth. Eventually, Lou’s day comes as the last tooth to be pulled. The Tooth Fairy takes
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Children’s book by Vicki Cobb, with illustrations by Andrew N. Harris and photomicrographs by Dennis Kunkel. Millbrook Press: Minneapolis, MN, 2009. Part of the “Body Battles” series. Take a journey inside your mouth to see all the important players that protect your teeth from cavities and what happens if you do get a cavity.
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Children’s book by Charlotte Guillain. Heinemann Library: Chicago, IL, 2011. Part of the “Growing Up” series. Each two-page spread in this book answers a question about dental visits. It walks kids through all of the steps, introduces them to the tools dentists use, and how to care for their teeth. Photos throughout the book
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Picture book by Susan Middleton Elya and illustrated by Jenny Mattheson. G. P. Putnam’s Sons: New York, 2008. A young girl has a loose tooth that she hopes will come out soon. Her father’s birthday is the next day, and she doesn’t have a present for him. She hopes the Tooth Fairy can give
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Picture book by Margie Palatini and illustrated by Jack E. Davis. Simon & Schuster for Young Readers: New York, 2004. Stewart has a sweet tooth that causes many problems for him because of its insatiable appetite for candy, cookies, and cake. He ruins his cousin’s wedding when he destroys the wedding cake, gets sent
Picture book written and illustrated by An Vrombaut. Clarion Books: New York, 2003. Clarabella the crocodile has a lot of teeth to brush each morning. So many that while all her friends are playing, eating lunch, and going home from school, Clarabella is still brushing her teeth. In the end, her friends surprise her
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Picture book written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Random House: New York, 2003. Little Critter has to go to the dentist for a check-up, even though he tells his mom his teeth are fine and he doesn’t need to. Readers join in the experience, learning about the different tools dental hygienists and dentists use,
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Picture book by Anna Dewdney and illustrated by J.T. Morrow. Viking: New York, 2020. In rhyming text, Llama Llama experiences his first loose tooth. It starts to wiggle at school, and he keeps wiggling it at home. At first it doesn’t want to come out, but then as he is brushing his teeth that
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